Homewood Suites by Hilton Houston Downtown

Not a good start by getting up to my room and the room was already occupied

The service checking in and any questions was excellent thanks to Paul. First time to Texas for a quick weekend getaway. However there was a snow storm and we had 4 delays before departure. We technically didn’t check in until 1:30am the next day. Saturday morning I asked the front desk is there anyway any of my money could be returned, and the person stated it’s not their fault we had a delay. I said ok and walked away. The hotel is beautiful and spacious rooms. However there were little eyelashes in the bed, someone’s earring on the bed and trash left in the kitchenette trash bin.

We are very disappointed with what we endured during check-in on 30 MAR 2024. A reservation for a NONREFUNDABLE, one bedroom king suite was made on 11 FEB 24, and the PAYMENT POSTED to my credit card on the 13th...weeks before we could even buy tickets for the game on MLB.. We've stayed here many times specially going to Houston for baseball games. This day, we arrived at the hotel at 2:15 pm. The gentleman at the counter was very polite and said that "our type of room wasn't ready yet; check-in is at three". No problem... we totally understood that. We had a four hour drive; arriving early and having to wait is on us. We made ourselves comfortable in the lobby. Things went drastically downhill for the next almost three hours. I got back in line about every 30 minutes while watching the lines steadily grow. Second trip to the desk... he's still pleasant; room is not ready. Third trip up a young lady (pregnant...sorry I didn't get any names) is ready to assist. She said "there aren't any king suites available; I'm going to switch you to two queen beds." I said no... I reserved a one bedroom king... I'll wait. On my way back to my chair I told the guy whom originally helped me what she said and he reassured me that I'd get the king. Fourth trip to the counter. It's easy to see that he's getting as annoyed with me as I am with this situation... and quickly says I'm doing reconciliations (or whatever word he used)... I'm trying to find rooms). I go sit back down with my husband, 11yo granddaughter, and her friend... and our poodle. Fifth trip to the counter and I'm in no mood for the nonsense I'm about to endure. The guy says "I'm sorry ma'am I'm going to have to give you a two queen suite; there aren't any king suites available. The young lady decides to interject "it's beyond our control" in my conversation instead of continuing on with the customer in her line. My husband and I were not happy about two queen beds. First of all he's 6'2" and secondly, we didn't want to sleep next to two giggling 11 year olds, hence the reason I took the necessary steps that I did. We wanted what we had reserved and PRE-PAID for. I then asked what's the difference in price between the two room types to which she said there isn't any. Oh my God... I replied there had better be and I want to speak with the manager. I'm not sure but I think the next lady that came to assist was an assistant manager because the manager wasn't available at that moment. She was helpful and mysteriously found a one bedroom king suite. We just needed to wait for it to be cleaned. While we waited the manager; a very nice gentleman approached us. I explained everything that had transpired. I declined his offer to give me "some points". Points were NOT going to fix the fact that we arrived in ample time to get checked-in, changed, and go to the ballpark so the girls could get autographs. That was taken from us...COMPLETELY RUINED and points was NOT going to fix it. For that represe

Biggest note I have, is that they're valet-only at $50. Parking lot across the street is also $50, but you've gotta leave at 9:30am. I should've figured, but if you can stay outside downtown - do. Otherwise, it was fine.

good location

Great location. Breakfast was good. Clean.

Great weekend